Improvement in car-replacers



A. KISSELL.

Car-Replacers. N '148 834 I Patented March 24.1874.

AARON KISSELL, OF FINDLEY, QHIO.

EMPRQVEMENT IN CAR'REPLACER-S.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 148,834 dated March 24, 1874; application filed February 14, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AARON KIssELL, of Findley, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oar-Replacers and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description. of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing making a part of this s 'iecification, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a section of railway having the replacerin place thereon. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the replacers, and Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical sectional view.

This invention relates to an improvement in car-replacers used in the replacement of cars where one of the trucks has jumped the track, or where both trucks are off the track, and the wheels of one side of the trucks remain between the rails of the track; and it consists of a series of portable supplemental rails secured to bedplates and arranged to be connected to the rails of the track, in such a manner that the wheels of the displaced truck can be drawn upon the replacers by the engine, and by them be guided upon the track, as will hereinafter more fully appear.

In the accompanying drawing, A represents a section of a railway-track, of which B B are the rails, and C the ties. The replacers shown are what are known as right-hand replacers, for replacing one truck when it is off the track to theright oftherailsB B. \Vhen both trucks are to be replaced, two sets of replacers should be used, and when the truck is off the track to the left of the rails B B, "left-hand replacers should be used. It will be seen that there are two replacers, one for the inside and one for the outside of the track. The bed-plate D of the inside replacer is provided with metal traverse-plates E, and has a rabbet, I, in the lower portion of its inner edge for receiving the inside flange on the rail B. The traverse-plates E are let into the surface of the bed-plate D, and the rails F F andH are secured to them and to the bedrplate D. The portion F of the jointed rail F F is fixed, the portion F being only secured by the joint G in such a manner as to permit it to articulate laterally upon the traverse-plates E. The fixed portion F is sloped at its rear end to permit the wheels of the truck to ascend it gradually. It is also provided with a dog, as P, Fig. 2, projecting below the lower surface of the bed-plate D. This dog is driven into the tie upon which it may rest by the weight of the truck as it ascends the rail, thereby preventing the displacement of the replacer. The bedplate D. is of such thickness that when the replacer is placed upon the ties the upper surfaces of the rails B, F F, and H will be in about the same plane. The curved rail H is simply a guard-rail for preventing the wheels from leaving the rails F F or B when once upon them. The, bed-plate K of the outside replacer is made of such thickness that its upper surface, when it is resting upon the ties, will be in the same planewith the upper surface of the rail B. It is sloped atits rear end, and provided in the lower portion of its inner edge with a rabbet, L, for receiving the outside flange on the rail B. The main rail H is shaped to conform to the upper surface of the bed'plate K, is slightly curved, and is sloped at both ends to permit a gradual ascent and descent of the wheels in traversing it, and it is secured to the bed-plate K so as to traverse it nearly diagonally endwise and from right to left. It projects at the front end of the bed-plate K, where a curve causes it to be perpendicularly over and parallel with the rail B, to which it is secured by a clamp, N connected by an arm, N, to the bed-plate K. The

clamp N prevents lateral motion of the front end of the replacer. A supplemental rail, 0, secured to the bed-plate K runs nearly parallel with the inner edge of the same. The rear end of the rail 0 is also sloped to permit agradual ascent of the wheels of the truck upon it. The rear ends of the rails M and O are each provided with dogs P, which project below the lower surface of the bed-plate K, and are driven into the tie upon which they may rest by the force exerted upon them by the truck as it begins to ascend the replacer; and by this means the displacement of the replacer is prevented. A second supplemental rail, Q, has a clamp, R, and a curved arm, g, provided with a clamp, T. The curved arm g works in a recess, a, in the face of the bed-plate K. The rail Q is held in place upon the rail B by the clamps It and T.

WVhen. the replacer is not in use, one side of inside wheels of the truck, or those between the clamp R rests in a notch, U, in the bedplate K, and supports the rear end of the rail Q. The rear ends of the bed-plates D and K are protected by suitable metal plates, as W, to prevent them from being seriously damaged by the car-wheels should they come in contact with them. Owing to the difference in the thickness of the bed-plates D and K, the rails M, O, and Q are just the thickness of the rails themselves higher than the rails F F and H; consequently, when the truck is drawn upon the replacers, the rails M O Q have a tendency to force the wheels toward the rails B B. The

the rails B B, will run upon the rail F F, the

outside wheels upon the rail M, or, missing th at,

upon the rail 0. If they run upon the rail 0 they will be guided by it to the rail Q, thence to the rail M, and from the latter to the rail B of the main track.

It will be seen that the inside wheels reach the rail B of the track before the outside wheels reach the rail B of the same, so that the outside replacer, although it occupies no more space longitudinally than the inside one, is in its effects considerably longer.

This construction is designed to prevent the truck from again jumping the track as the front wheels leave the replacers, which result would readily follow if the front wheels of the truck both left the replacers at the same time. The front end of the movable portion F of the jointed rail gives way to the wheels of the rear truck upon the rail B, and permits them to pass along without obstruction. If, how- 1 ever, the rail F F were not jointed, and could not yield to the rear wheel, they would be displaced unless the replacer were removed, the accomplishment of which is attended with much more difficulty and loss of time if done beneath the car than would attend the same operation if the car were removed.

The utility of the guard-rail H is obvious, as it prevents the wheels from being drawn so far to the right as to miss the rail B. The curved arm g permits the rear end of the bedplate K to yield to the pressure caused by the car before the dogs I? enter the tie, and thus prevents the displacement or breakage of the rail Q.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A car-replacer composed of the inside portion, consisting of the bed-plate D, jointed rail F F, guard-rail H, and traverse-plates E, and the outside portion, consisting of the bed plate K, curved rail M N l, and supplemental rails O and Q, R g '1, constructed and operating as and for the purposes hereinbct'ore set forth. 1

In testimony that I claim the foregoin improvements, as above described, I. have hereunto set my hand and seal this 9th day of February, 187i.

AARON KrssnLL. n 8.]

\Yituesses W. M me-EN, J. L. HENRY. 

